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A "New York Times" Notable Book, this landmark biography uncovers for the first time the dark side of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the most famous poet ... More

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Alphabetically arranged entries present nearly 70 American women poets who published significant works after 1945.

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Offering a convincingly clear picture of what Emily Dickinson was really like, Habegger presents the definitive treatment of her life in the context ... More

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This biography captures the incomparable life and times of one of America's finest writers, a Pulitzer-winning author of 27 stories and short novels ... More

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This volume fills a real gap in H. D. scholarship. It is situated at the crossroads of contemporary hermeneutics and feminist criticism.

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This reference highlights American women writers who continue to build upon the formerly male-dominated canon.

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Profiles the life and works of June Jordan, one of the most prolific, important, and influential African-American writers and poets of the last half ... More

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Arielle Greenberg and Rachel Zucker's "Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections "collects both personal essays and representative poems by ... More

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The lives and times of four extraordinary writers and personalities of the 1920s: Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Edna ... More

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Concentrating on the work Marianne Moore produced during the first two decades of her long career (1915-36), John Slatin's closely documented account ... More

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Kenneth Rexroth called Denise Levertov (1923-1997) "the most subtly skillful poet of her generation, the most profound, . . . and the most moving." ... More

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An innovative study of the contemporary memoir blending autobiography and literary analysis to illuminate the intellectual, cultural and emotional ... More

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The life of Emily Dickinson, Richard B. Sewall's monumental biography of the great American poet (1830-1886), wont the National Book Award when it ... More

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A full-scale biography of the distinguished lyric poet, translator, and critic details the highs and lows of her elegant and sorrowful life and the ... More

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Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "This Our Life", Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) established herself as one of America's most talented and influential ... More

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The correspondence of the American poet, Marianne Moore, of which a selection is published in this volume, documents the first two-thirds of the ... More

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Highly personal and always rich in insight, this memoir-like collection of interviews, arranged and introduced by AnaLouise Keating, not only will ... More

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In this original study of Elizabeth Bishops lifelong engagement with Christianity, Corelle illuminates the ways in which Bishops Protestant childhood ... More

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A prominent avant-garde poet charts both her personal artistic development and the difficulties faced by women writers pursuing innovative paths.

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This biography of the poet 25 years after her suicide aims to provide a reappraisal and to shed new light on her relationship with her mother, her ... More

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Literary Criticism -- Biography "Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks" features sparkling interviews with one of America's most valued poets. ... More

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